Chapter 24.3
On the second day, the sun rose, and the sky outside the window was gray . Duma was bored to death, and he pushed the door to enter, causing Xiaoyi to awake in shock .
"Let me see?" Duma smiled .
Xiaoyi's face was imprinted with piano keys , and he was so exhausted he could not get up . Duma took the music sheet, and with a little shock he said: "Asking people to fill in the lyrics?"
Xiaoyi sat on the table after brushing his teeth, eating the breakfast Duma had brought and said: "I will do it myself . "
"Not bad . " Duma said, "Really good . "
Duma sent Xiaoyi back to the company then went back to sleep . On this Sunday morning, Xiaoyi pushed the door to the his studio and stumbled in surprise .
On the table in front of the computer sat a birthday cake .
Before he left last night it wasn't there, now it was only 8 am there was no one in the company either . There could only be one person who would bring a cake here . Xiaoyi was very touched, he sat down and took a bite of the cake, and prepared to get back to work .
Yet another day passed . Xiaoyi was half awake, and his spirit was extremely unstable . He kept on humming the two songs, a small portion of the cake was eaten and his hunger was seemingly satisfied with just the birthday cake . It was as if the cake was a staple food for his mental and physical health .
Whilst he was in the midst of talking to himself, he didn't know how to face Luzhou . The same was true for his lyrics, he had a thousand words in mind and yet could not express them . Finally he whispered: "I guess you wouldn't understand . "
Xiaoyi wrote the first word, as if a fan's love poem to his idol, and as he wrote on, the contents got more and more introverted . As he wandered around, he began to understand the composition of the lyrics, tired, very tired - just like a heart full of anger like Linxi, you are hidden in the depths just like Zhang Yadong, that is the release of true feelings, and also life's experiences . What atmosphere, what sense of music, these are all just exaggerated skills .
Directly pointing out people's feelings, composing a song, filling in the lyrics, these are enough to let a person's heart flip inside out, and enable the composer to enjoy his own work .
Xiaoyi released a breath, smiling at his own work, and started singing,
This is not enough, it still can be amended, lets just leave it like this first .
The sweltering weather made him very uncomfortable, and he didn't bathe for a few days too . Xiaoyi really missed Luzhou, he wished to tell him he finished writing the songs, wished to give him a call, but felt that it was better if he finalized his work before showing it to him .
This night, a thunderstorm suddenly came to the entire Beijing . The next day, Xiao Yi sat in a dark room . He did not turn on any lights, and carefully pondered . He deleted and edited repeatedly, holding the electronic dictionary for comparison .
In the evening, the rain turned heavier and people in the building got off work in advance . When Xiao Yi went downstairs and saw that Lin Biao was still there, but Dumei had left to meet someone else for dinner . When Lin Biao saw Xiao Yi, he smiled and said: "Is it finished?"
"Nope . " Xiao Yi said, "But it will be soon, tomorrow I will be going to Juhua, to ask them to contact the band . "
Lin Biao said: "Will you be able to go home today?"
Xiao Yi thought for a while, and said: "I shall stay one more day, has Zhou ge*1 been here?"
"In the studio . " Lin Biao answered .
Xiao Yi looked at Luzhou's schedule . There was a night filming today, but it should have been cancelled by now due to the weather . He came back to the office to complete the songs, so Lin Biao had assigned two other assistants for Luzhou . Xiao Yi went to have dinner, and even though the rainstorm lasted the entire day, amidst all the lightning and thunder, Xiao Yi was still in a good mood .
While he was eating at a soup restaurant downstairs, he deliberated calling Luzhou, but he did not dare to do so directly, in fear that he may disturb Luzhou while he was having his meal, and hence called Lin Biao's assistant instead . The assistant informed Xiao Yi that the filming was indoors, and it was still ongoing even though the rain had kept on pouring . After Xiao Yi finished his dinner, he saw that it was 8:30pm . The thunder was still sounding outside as he stood beside the window for a while . He suddenly had an urge to go see Luzhou .
I, your father*2, can finally go out to explore! Xiao Yi seeing that the soup restaurant had not closed yet, hurriedly went to order a portion of chicken sou for takeout . Using the company's thermos to contain the soup, he hailed a taxi to head to the studio .
The neighborhood the filming crew found for 《The Era of Leftover Men》was not open for sale yet, so only they were around . When the rain came there was not even a shadow in sight . Xiao Yi got off the taxi, and he was totally drenched after just a few steps out in the open . What's worse was that there was a blackout, and the crew's engine slammed loudly .
Luzhou finished a scene and was taking a break . When he saw Xiao Yi, he got a shock .
"What are you doing here?!" Luzhou said, "The rain is so heavy outside . "
"He he I came out exploring and by chance to feed you . " Xiao Yi answered . "Have you eaten supper? Have you eaten at all?"
Luzhou was wearing flipflops, and the trousers he has on were pulled up like a migrant, even the sleeves were wet . He indicated for Xiao Yi to sit down, and began to gorge himself after receiving the thermos .
"Did you not have dinner?" Xiao Yi asked, "Why did no one buy it? Idiot! Where's the assistant? How can he let you film hungry!"
"The rain is too heavy . " Luzhou answered, "There is a very bad traffic jam and the logistics team could not come, everyone have to wait till 9pm to finish filming then eat supper afterwards . "
The stores were all closed, how could they go for supper . The wind blows through the corridor, and Xiao Yi was almost freezing to death . Luzhou finished the large thermos of chicken soup and all the meat as well, and whilst brimming with energy, prepared to continue filming . Before going on, he said to Xiao Yi: "Wait here, go home later, don't go back to the company . "
Xiao Yi watched Luzhou film a scene . Luzhou was quiet, like he was afraid of awakening the main actress, who was obviously tired after crying and had laid on the sofa under the glow of the lamp, with tear tracks still lingering on her face .
Luzhou was wearing a singlet and jeans with flipflops . With his uncle like look, he wanted to kiss the main actress but he did not dare to, with his careful actions and looking so fearful of waking her up, he made others feel funny yet moved, not at all wretched .
Then, Luzhou knelt on the ground, and with a serious face he gazed upon the actress's sleeping face . The actress suddenly opened her eyes and got up from her lying position .
Luzhou did not let her kiss him . He only allowed her to act as if she kissed him, the main actress also did not dare to take advantage of him . The director shouted good, the next scene was that of the main actress and her best friend, so Luzhou came back to rest . Xiao Yi smiled saying, "I thought she really kissed you . "
Notes:
1 . 哥, pronounced as 'Ge', is a chinese word used to describe an older brother, or someone who is generally an older male that is close to you .
2 . The words used here are 老子, or pronounced as 'Lao zi', and means either a more arrogant 'I', or father, and is used when in anger or just in context .
3 . So this is some chinese internet joke . XY asked what should they do, which in chinese it is '怎么办" . The last word 办 or ' Ban' (pronounced as b-ahn, not ban) is the same pronunciation as 拌 , which means to toss and hence meaning the original sentence "What to do?" would have turned into "How to toss?" So LZ answered 凉拌, (pronounced li-ang b-ahn), which means coleslaw or cold salad .
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